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I came across an entry in a website called \u201cDaily Routines<\/a>\u201d about how writers, artists and other interesting people organize their days. (This was a link from another of my fave sites veryshortlist.com<\/a>.) At 5 a.m. Benjamin Franklin would \u201crise, wash, and address powerful goodness.\u201d The great thinker and inventor would also ask himself daily: \u201cWhat good shall I do this day?\u201d In the evening there was supper and music and examination of the day as well as asking himself another question: \u201cWhat good have I done today?\u201d<\/p>\n

This simple, powerful guide to living is from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin<\/em><\/a> . \u201cWhat good shall I do this day?\u201d stuck with me. It got me thinking about our popular feature called \u201cPass It On\u2014People Helping People.\u201d For years we\u2019ve been publishing unique ways our millions of readers are helping others\u2014from getting suitcases to foster kids who formerly carried their belongings in plastic garbage bags to putting a basket of breakfast goodies on the doorstep of a neighbor whose husband was in the hospital. So when I ask myself, “What good will I do today?” I know I can turn to our \u201cPass It On\u201d feature to get some ideas. For starters I can pass this along. Hope you do too. <\/p>\n

Celeste is a senior editor at GUIDEPOSTS.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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